The South Carolina women’s basketball team won the national championship on Sunday, topping Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark to cap off a perfect, unbeaten season. It was the culmination of a lot of hard work, fueled by the heartbreak of losing to Iowa in the Final Four last year. That loss deprived the “Freshies,” South Carolina’s 2019 recruiting class, from winning another national title. In a lot of ways, this year’s team was playing for them. “I mean part of this is for the Freshies,” Raven Johnson said after the game. “They started this tour, and we wouldn’t be here without them. The lead…
